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Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls vs. Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPalo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

by Palo Alto Networks

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

by Forcepoint

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count17135
Ease of use8.68.3
Ease of setup8.48.1
Quality of support8.58.1
Meets requirements9.18.3
NPS65.86826365.625
Small Business18.3%31.4%
Mid-Market45.0%40.0%
Enterprise36.7%28.6%
Total page views864310
Total LLM citations7,4271,387

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

Our next-generation firewall classifies all traffic, including encrypted traffic, based on application, application function, user and content. You can create comprehensive, precise security policies, resulting in safe enablement of applications. This lets only authorized users run sanctioned applications, greatly reducing the surgace area of cyber attacks across the organization.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Threat Protection
  • Firewall Efficiency
  • Protection
  • Threat Detection

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Connecting and protecting distributed enterprises and government agencies is more important than ever before. Defending your people and critical assets starts at the new edge. Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall combines true enterprise-class SD-WAN, advanced intrusion prevention, and seamless integration with cloud-based SASE security to keep your people and data safe—all at global scale.

Pros

  • Control
  • Performance Speed
  • Threat Protection